Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to exasperate
Participle: exasperated
Gerund: exasperating
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | exasperate |
| you | exasperate |
| he;she;it | exasperates |
| we | exasperate |
| you | exasperate |
| they | exasperate |
Perfect
| I | have exasperated |
| you | have exasperated |
| he;she;it | has exasperated |
| we | have exasperated |
| you | have exasperated |
| they | have exasperated |
Past
| I | exasperated |
| you | exasperated |
| he;she;it | exasperated |
| we | exasperated |
| you | exasperated |
| they | exasperated |
Pluperfect
| I | had exasperated |
| you | had exasperated |
| he;she;it | had exasperated |
| we | had exasperated |
| you | had exasperated |
| they | had exasperated |
Future
| I | will exasperate |
| you | will exasperate |
| he;she;it | will exasperate |
| we | will exasperate |
| you | will exasperate |
| they | will exasperate |
Future Perfect
| I | will have exasperated |
| you | will have exasperated |
| he;she;it | will have exasperated |
| we | will have exasperated |
| you | will have exasperated |
| they | will have exasperated |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | exasperate |
| you | exasperate |
| he;she;it | exasperate |
| we | exasperate |
| you | exasperate |
| they | exasperate |
Perfect
| I | have exasperated |
| you | have exasperated |
| he;she;it | have exasperated |
| we | have exasperated |
| you | have exasperated |
| they | have exasperated |
Imperfect
| I | exasperated |
| you | exasperated |
| he;she;it | exasperated |
| we | exasperated |
| you | exasperated |
| they | exasperated |
Pluperfect
| I | had exasperated |
| you | had exasperated |
| he;she;it | had exasperated |
| we | had exasperated |
| you | had exasperated |
| they | had exasperated |
Conditional
Present
| I | would exasperate |
| you | would exasperate |
| he;she;it | would exasperate |
| we | would exasperate |
| you | would exasperate |
| they | would exasperate |
Perfect
| I | would have exasperated |
| you | would have exasperated |
| he;she;it | would have exasperated |
| we | would have exasperated |
| you | would have exasperated |
| they | would have exasperated |
Imperative
| you | exasperate |
| we | Let's exasperate |
| you | exasperate |
Verbs conjugated like 'exasperate'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'exasperate'
asperate,
exaggerate,
exuperate,
aspirate,
deaspirate,
depauperate,
emacerate,
evaporate,
eviscerate,
exacerbate,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause someone to be upset or displeased
- aggravate, annoy, antagonize, bother, bug, chap someone's hide, get on someone's nerves, get on someone's wick, get someone's back up, get someone's dander up, get someone's goat, get someone's Irish up, get up, give someone the shits, grind one's gears, grotch, hack off, harsh one's mellow, hassle, irk, jazz, nark, peeve, provoke, put someone's back up, raise someone's hackles, rile, rub the wrong way, ruffle some feathers, ruffle someone's feathers, tick off, try one's patience, vex, wind up
- annoy
- rile, anger, disturb, upset, enrage, exacerbate, incense, inflame
Antonyms
- annoy
- please, appease, gratify, soothe
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
First attested in 1534; borrowed from Latin exasperātus, the perfect passive participle of Latin exasperō (see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and -ate (adjective-forming suffix)), from ex (“out of; thoroughly”) + asperō (“to make rough”), from asper (“rough”). Participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern English. See: Latin '
exasperō'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] manage him. Well, one day he knocked down the overseer, and was fairly off into the swamps. I was on a visit to Alf's plantation, for it was after we had dissolved partnership. Alfred was greatly exasperated; but I told him that it was his own fault, and laid him any wager that I could break the man; and finally it was agreed that, if I caught him, I should have him to experiment on. So they mustered [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)